After going a little Sonic Youth crazy this week, I discovered there wasn’t already a fuck yeah sonic youth page.
Well, now there is. Say hello to Skip Tracer, and feel free to tell all your friends about the soon-to-be-awesome Sonic blog you just now learned is up and running.
That should at least calm the Sonic-y things that have been taking over my space here a little bit, and anyone who’s completely into them can go there from here on out. Cool? Cool.
Since I’m the last human being in the building…
That all seems reasonable, right?
Neil Young sings the theme to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air
I cannot overstate how much I hate Jimmy Fallon. I think he’s the douche to end all douches. He is the unmatched king, a master in the art of douchbaggery who will not be toppled.
However, this is so funny I don’t know what to do with myself. He’s perfect. I felt like I was watching the Massy Hall DVD. I can’t believe it.
Damn it.
Sonic Youth - “White Kross,” live in 2002 (I think).
I’m still trying to come down from two nights of SY bliss.
“To be Nickelback’s second guitarist and pretending you really believe it. I see Chad Kroeger was the last guy who got interviewed for this page, what a total penis sausage that guy is.”
Ryan Adams, in response to what his idea of hell is (Q, January 2003)
(Eternal thanks to letitride)
Sonic Youth effectively blew my mind last night. If it weren’t already obvious, The Eternal is a much better record than Rather Ripped (which I actually like), it became so last night. Just brutal, beautiful noise. “Death Valley ‘69” to cap the night was nothing short of incredible. And, since I’m working late tomorrow instead of early, I got up this morning and bought a ticket for tonight’s show with the Meat Puppets. Going solo. I can’t wait.
Last night’s setlist:
No Way
Sacred Trickster
Calming the Snake
Stereo Sanctity
Walking Blue
Anti-Orgasm
Leaky Lifeboat
Shadow of a Doubt
Antenna
Malibu Gas Station
Poison Arrow
Tom Violence
Massage the History
First encore:
The Sprawl
‘Cross the Breeze
Second encore:
What We Know
Death Valley ‘69
Sonic Youth - “Pacific Coast Highway,” live from the Avalon, Boston, Mass., Aug. 14, 2004
I’m going to see Sonik-Youth tonight, so I thought I’d share a track from the first time I had the eternal pleasure of watching them in action, on their Sonic Nurse tour. I still think it’s my favorite show I’ve ever seen. It’s hung with me the longest, and this recording (while awesome) can’t capture how brutal and pummeling it felt to be in the club at that time.
Yes, I recommend that you go see them whenever/where ever you can.
